2011: Private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced the acquisition of Tripwire, 11 months after Tripwire announced plans for an IPO. In 2014 it sold Tripwire to Belden for $710 million. In 2022 Belden sold Tripwire to HelpSystems (which changed its name to Fortra later in 2022).
"it's a very honest environment, great networking capabilities and although I am not a young lad, I always learn something new every single time I come" - Donnie MacColl, HelpSystems #iug#IBMi#usergroup#technology#ipower#conference
2011: Private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced the acquisition of Tripwire, 11 months after Tripwire announced plans for an IPO. In 2014 it sold Tripwire to Belden for $710 million. In 2022 Belden sold Tripwire to HelpSystems (which changed its name to Fortra later in 2022).
CVE-2021-26837 SQL Injection vulnerability in SearchTextBox parameter in Fortra (Formerly HelpSystems) DeliverNow before version 1.2.18, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, … cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-202…
"it's a very honest environment, great networking capabilities and although I am not a young lad, I always learn something new every single time I come" - Donnie MacColl, HelpSystems #iug#IBMi#usergroup#technology#ipower#conference
We’ve uploaded a new episode of the Expert Insights Podcast! In this episode, John Grancarich of @fortraofficial discusses how HelpSystems became Fortra, the benefits of consolidation in security, and how the threat landscape is evolving.
🎙️Listen here: buff.ly/3HGIPzf
Clop, a ransomware group known to use Cobalt Strike, claims to have breached 130 companies via GoAnywhere
GoAnywhere is a product by Fortra
Fortra = HelpSystems = Cobalt Strike
What a time to be alive . . .
Via @zackwhittaker // techcrunch.com/2023/03/22/fo…
Rubrik promptly notified affected customers, while HelpSystems, the company behind GoAnywhere, released a patch to address the vulnerability. Both companies are working together to mitigate the impact and prevent future attacks.
"it's a very honest environment, great networking capabilities and although I am not a young lad, I always learn something new every single time I come" - Donnie MacColl, HelpSystems #iug#IBMi#usergroup#technology#ipower#conference
Forta (aka HelpSystems) is making moves to collect all the good tooling like they’re Pokemon. It’s an interesting play. Impacket follows Outflank and Cobalt Strike, and they had Core Impact for a while before that.
I'm happy to share with you that the Impacket project has found a new home at @fortraofficial's @CoreSecurity!
I'll continue to be part of this awesome project working with the new team. Really excited to see where this new chapter takes us! 🚀🌕
github.com/fortra/impacket
Yes, we changed our name to Fortra. No, we didn’t get acquired. Yes, I still slip up & say HelpSystems. No, we are NOT abandoning #IBMi. Yes, I have to change a lot of presentation material… So, why did we do it? Our new Fortra name better reflects our impressive security focus.